Chilliwack, BC home of the 6lbs flywheel!

[DVST8R]

As the title says, I got the tranny out after lots of fighting, pulled off the 200mm stock flywheel and put it on the lathe. I found out the car had a luk clutch in it, with still about 1/2 the disk life, but badly glazed :twisted: a little too much power for it. I am sure my new clutchnet 6 puck will be just fine.

Anyway we started turning the flywheel ring off first, right to the teeth (knocked off most of the dowels be accident) the flipped it over and machined it down to 1/32 of the bolt face's leaving the center ring as well. The timming mark was shaved slightly but still perfectly visable. Took it off let it cool put it on two differnt scales, both only acurate to the pound, and came up with 6lbs on each!

It goes in for balancing tomarrow morning, hopefully I will have it back tomarrow if not it wont go back together till monday.

[malone]

Here are pictures of DVST8R's 6lb flywheel

[DVST8R]

Thanks for the host, mark.

It was about $60 canadian, and a few hours of work, but well worth it. I guess we will see if it holds together :twisted:

[fspGTD]

A sight of beauty!  That's really going to wake up your motor.  6 lbs is really pushing the edge though...  I sure hope she holds together.  Let us know how it works!

[DVST8R]

Well I was out breaking in the clutch, and I would call it SNAPY its there in an instant and I really wish that bolt had not have stripped as I really could use the extra rpm's now!

However on my drive I lost 5th gear, now when I shift for 5th I get 3rd, or 3rd when I shift for 3rd, no nosies all other gears feel fine. The shifter feels slopy though (its been getting progresivly worse over the last year or so) I think it might just be linkage. Sombody want to confirm my suspitions? I will look at it tomarrow in the light and see what I can see.

I was lucky that my dad happend to stop by the shop just as I got back from the machine shop, as I don't own a camera, and so I was just going to put it in.

For a clutch I went with the 6 puck sprung center from clutchnet, with a new stock sachs pressure plate, and the 6lb 200mm flywheel.

We are going to look at offering lightend flywheels, starting at $60 CDN + shipping for just the lightning, or $120CDN + shipping ready to go. (I have to send the flywheel out for surfaceing don't have the proper stone yet.)

[chrissev]

re:  lost 5th.  When you hooked the linkage up again after putting the transmission back in, did you put everything back how you took it apart?

[DVST8R]

Yes I hooked it all back up the same.

I found the problem the short selector rod end cap (plastic) had split. Went and got a bushing kit and two new selector rods (short and long) put it all in and it works just fine. Still a little more slop then I would like, but I am ordering roger browns kit to solve that.

[malone]

Last Sunday I took a video (with sound) of DVST8R's TD. The clutching action can be heard as he shifts from 1st to 2nd.
Click the image to download the video:

[VWRacer]

Is that driver behind giving you the finger as he backs off...? :shock:  :wink:  

[malone]

Is that driver behind giving you the finger as he backs off...? :shock:  :wink:  

:lol: no I don't think so. When DVST8R saw me run the camera he decided to put on a little show (smoke). I don't think he smokes like that all the time in traffic. There were 3 ppl (incl. me) in his car at the time.

[rackley]

Try the collar at the very end of the shift linkage in the engine compartment.  If that bolt is loose that holds the assembly to the rod then that will definitely lose you 5th gear and maybe worse.  It controls the side-to-side action of the gear shifter, which is what will get your 3rd and 5ths messed up.

I didn't tighten mine down enough and wound up blowing my trans.  It shifted into a "non-gear" somehow when I was trying to find 2nd.  I was only about 1/4 mile from home too :-/